Yosemite Creek Campground in CA -- Campground & RV Camping

Yosemite Creek Campground sits in a pine forest alongside a meandering mountain creek, accessed via a 5-mile, single-lane dirt road that prohibits RVs and trailers. This primitive camping area provides vault toilets but no piped drinking water; water drawn from the seasonal creek must be treated or boiled. Sites are surrounded by granite boulders, offering direct access to the water for wading and relaxing. High-country trailheads at Tuolumne Meadows and swimming at Tenaya Lake sit further up the Tioga Road corridor.

Getting there: From Lee Vining, take Hwy 120 west to the Tioga Pass entrance of Yosemite National Park (YNP). Continue onto the Tioga Pass Road for approximately 30 miles, and the entrance to Yosemite Creek campground will be on your left. From Manteca, take Hwy 120 east to the Big Oak Flat entrance of YNP. Continue onto the Big Oak Flat Road for approximately 8 miles to Crane Flat, where you will make a left-hand turn onto the Tioga Pass Road. Continue on the Tioga Pass Road for approxmately 14 miles, and the entrance to the campground will be on your right. From Yosemite Valley, follow the signs for Manteca/Hwy 120 until you reach Crane Flat, where you will make a right-hand turn onto the Tioga Pass Road. Continue on the Tioga Pass Road for approxmately 14 miles, and the entrance to the campground will be on your right. From Mariposa, take Hwy 140 east to the Arch Rock entrance of YNP. Continue onto the El Portal Road for approximately 4 miles until you reach the first available left-hand turn onto the Big Oak Flat Road (watch for signs to Manteca/Hwy 120). Continue on the Big Oak Flat Road until you reach Crane Flat, where you will make a right-hand turn onto the Tioga Pass Road. Continue on the Tioga Pass Road for approxmately 14 miles, and the entrance to the campground will be on your right.

• Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, a 74-site campground with the nearest through road 0.9 miles off.
• Mount Hoffmann stands 3,618 ft above the map pin, 5.0 miles east.
• 1 hike-in site.

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